Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-30
CONDENSED NEWS.

All the members of the Chicago base ball
club have joined the base bali brotherhood
except Anson and Sunday
W st. Clair Ross & Co., paper manufac-
tureIs of Cincinnati, have failed, with liabih-
ties of $4,000 and assets of 81, 900
The politicians of Idaho are moving for an
enlargement of the boundaries preliminary to
an application for admission as a state
The New York Sun insists that Gov Hills
natural relation to the Democratic party IS
that of powerful candidate for its presiden-
tal nomination
The receiver of y Matson & Co, jewelers.,
Chicago has filed a schedule of their assets,
the value OF which is $24n, 27l 10 The linbil-
tiles are estimated at $50 900.
Arthur O'Connor and Sir Thomas Henry
Grattan Esmonde, Parnellite members of
parliament, will come to this country next
month on an expedition in the interest Of the
home rule movement.
General Manager Van Horne, of the Cana
dian Pacific railway, asserts that the Red
River Valley railway project is in the inter-
est Of the movement for the annexation Of
Manitoba to the United States.
Jake Sharp, the New York bribegiver, was
worse Moniay than for some time past He
is suffering from a complication of diseases,
and his recovery, Judging from the tele-
graPhed reports, is out Of the question.
The net imports of gold during the last
thirteen mont hs were $40 0U0, 900 With the
domestic production during the same period,
this makes "a total addition to the circulating
medium of over $1,000, 600 in little more
than year.
The three rear cars of freight train on the
Cleveland a Marietta railroad went through
a burning trestle near Cambridge, Ohio, Mon
day, falling forty-seven feet. Several train
men jumped for their lives and were danger
ously injured.
A flow of natural gas estimated at 10, 600,
QUO cubic feet daily, has been etruck on the
Indiana shore of the Ohio river, twenty five
miles below Louisville The well is owned by
the Union Gas company of Louisville, and
the intention is to pipe the gas to that city.
Two secretaries of Gen Ferron the French
minister of war, have been arrested on 6
charge of high treason They are alleged Il
have revealed to Figaro the details of Gen
Ferron's mobilization plans, the premature
publication of which compelled their aban
donment by the government.
A large number of army paymasters whit
are in arrears to the government have beef
notified through the paymsster general tina
they must make an early settlement Here
after. but SIX months time will be allowed
after the expiration Of the bonds of disburs
ing officers for them to balance their account
with the government.
The Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph company
has been readmitted to the privileges of tbs
board of trade of Chicago, having removed
its wires from the bucket-shops Throughout
the country The board of trade now ap
pears to be master of the situation all tn
telegraph companies have discontinued tn
serving of bucket shops.
Last weeks changes in the visibly supply o
grain in this country showed decrease il
wheat of 424, SD bushels and in rye of %,
026 bushels. while in corn there was an in
crease of go, 23I bushels, in oats of S3S, 81
bushels, and in barley of ~, 642 bushels Tn
stock of wheat now in sight amounts to 80,
573, 16l bushels against II, 297, 906 bushels
Jimmy McDevitt, a notorious character
was surprised by porter early Monda.
morning in a store in White street, New
York, which he had entered for burglariou
purposes. The porter locked the door an
called for the police McDevitt attempted T.
escape through window, but was caugh
and disembowled by the glass. An accom-
plice who was watching on the outside wa
arrested. McDevitt was a nephew 0
Jimmy Elliott, the prize fighter, who wa
murdered by Jere Dunn in Chica go a FEY
wars AGO